DOE gets go-ahead for latest rezoning efforts against school overcrowding
School overcrowding might not be as bad for the 2012-2013 schoolyear at several District 20 schools that serve students in SunsetPark, Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Boro Park and Bensonhurst if theDepartment of Education’s (DOE) school district rezoning goesaccording to plan.
At their December meeting, members of District 20’s CommunityEducation Council (CEC) unanimously approved the DOE’s plan toreduce the number of residential blocks in each of the zones forP.S. 69 at 6302 Ninth Avenue, P.S. 105 at 1031 59th Street, andP.S. 160 at 5105 Fort Hamilton Parkway in an effort to beginlowering the 141 percent, 157 percent and 147 percent capacity,respectively, at the schools..
What zoning is attempting to do is to get the utilization ofthe three schools down to 130 percent capacity [each], explainedCEC20 President Laurie Windsor. We want to distribute studentsamongst [the three] while also sending some to P.S. 180 and P.S.164. It’s still not the end, but it’s something.